Onset of airflow limitation in a collapsible tube model: Impact of surrounding pressure, longitudinal strain, and wall folding geometry

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1467-1475

  Amatoury, Jason ^a,b,c   Kairaitis, Kristina ^a,b   Wheatley, John R ^a,b   Bilston, Lynne E ^c   Amis, Terence C ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flow limitation; Starling resistor; Tissue pressure; Tracheal displacement; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLOW KINETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; TRACHEA; VACUUM;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHARYNX; PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRACHEA; VACUUM;

EID: 78549232999     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00096.2010     Document Type: Article

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